BA (Hons) Street Arts

This Street Arts course offers creative opportunities with festivals, creation centres and universities in Europe and the USA. The course also has a partnership with the Winchester Hat Fair - a famous street theatre festival.

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BA (Hons) Street Arts at University of Winchester

Street Arts at Winchester is a degree for students interested in the performing and visual arts who want to create imaginative contemporary productions in the new arenas of street arts and outdoor spaces through the development of a wide variety of performance styles. This degree is for students who want to show their work to large audiences, make new and innovative work and perform and create productions for the wide variety of available spaces (indoors and outdoors) and at festivals and spectacles throughout Europe.

Fact File

SINGLE HONOURS

UCAS codes: W900 BA/SA

Typical offer: 260-300 points

International Baccalaureate:
25 points

Degree duration:
3 years full-time
6 years part-time

If English is not your first language:
IELTS 6.0 (including 6.0 in writing) or a TOEFL score of 550 (paper-based) or 213 (computer-based) or equivalent

Selection process: Suitable applicants are required to attend an interview and/or a group workshop

Programme Content

There are opportunities to develop work in partnership with a range of festivals, creation centres and universities in different parts of Europe and with our key partner the Winchester Hat Fair. The University is also developing a range of workshops and festival events to support emergent artists and recent graduates in exchange with students from universities in other European and American partners.

The programme provides students with the skills to create and produce spectacular performances for festivals and large-scale events; make and perform large-scale puppets; engage in the vibrant world of street dance, music and comedy; or develop shows that students could perform in different countries around the world. As a performing artist, students may also choose to create and organise live events through an understanding and practice of creative production and through working with a wide range of partnerships that range from community celebrations, the heritage industry and commercial companies as well as international street arts festivals.

Students are able to develop a portfolio of work throughout the degree and have the opportunity to showcase it in front of creative producers, agents and event organisers here and abroad.

Modules

Year 1
• Dramaturgy of Public Space
• Devising
• Performance Skills
• Production Skills

Year 2
• Extending Practice 1 and 2
• Visualising the Street
• Transcultural Context and Street Arts
• Cross Disciplinary Practice

Year 3
• Production Project
• Creative Production
• Current Debates and Practices
• Performance Criticism

Careers

Students become street arts practitioners and performers, creative producers, event organisers, creative producers, arts managers and teachers. The programme also provides a strong foundation for postgraduate study.